Aerial view of snowy peaks of Vinicunca (aka Rainbow Mountain), Peru

Aerial view of snowy peaks of Vinicunca (aka Rainbow Mountain), Peru

© Jude Newkirk/Amazing Aerial Agenc

Over the Rainbow Mountain. Rainbow Mountain

Even to the huge bummer that is glacial melting, there are bright sides: The radiant colours of Vinicunca (aka Rainbow Mountain) might have gone unseen had rising temps not melted the peak's glacial caps. Rainbow Mountain's streaky sediment layers, multicoloured like a wildflower bloom, were revealed in 2015. Since then, it's become the most visited natural attraction in Peru's lofty Cusco region.

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